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Another Multiple Instance issue

From: Alan Becker (beckerasoftrends.com)
Date: Sat Aug 30 2003 - 13:55:04 CDT

As mentioned in earlier posts, I have brought up a 2nd Postfix instance,
using the following document as a guide:
    http://www.advosys.ca/papers/printable/postfix-instance.html

Following is a small excerpt from that document:
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Edit the file /etc/postfix/main.cf and add the following near the bottom
of the file:

    alternate_config_directories = /etc/postfix-out

The above setting is required to inform the Postfix daemons about the
second instance.

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I don't know what Postfix will do with this information, but it occurs
to me that
it might also be appropriate to set the 2nd instance to point back to
the first:
Using the context of the Adosys example:

Edit the file /etc/postfix-out/main.cf and add the following:

    alternate_config_directories = /etc/postfix

Is this necessary? Appropriate? A really bad idea?
I just don't know what this parameter really does.
A. Becker